Cutting social science funding stalls future innovation

By Stefanie Botelho. The House of Representatives seems determined to stall this country's innovation pipeline for generations to come. Two pieces of recently passed legislation — the America Competes Act of 2015 (H.R. 1806) and the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2016 (H.R. 2578) — take aim squarely at the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate. More...